Greenbelt Coalition’s Input to the NCC Review of the Greenbelt Master Plan
In this report, the Coalition has explored many issues and opportunities for the Greenbelt. It serves two main purposes:
- to provide input to the National Capital Commission’s (NCC) Greenbelt Master Plan Review process from the 15 environmental and community organizations that comprise the Greenbelt Coalition (see Appendix 1); and,
- to inform the public on what we see as the major current and future issues regarding the National Capital Greenbelt. We seek to encourage public support for the preservation and enhancement of the Greenbelt and for our vision for the Greenbelt.
Read the complete paper online or download it as PDF (1.6 Megs).
Updated review of LESTER ROAD WETLAND COMPLEX and SAR
This report reviews results of the Lester Road Wetland Complex Evaluation and SAR Survey Project, submitted by Ron Huizer of Beacon Environmental, for the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission, dated June 30, 2010. The purpose of the Project was twofold – whether the area under study, between Uplands Drive and Conroy Road, is a Provincially Significant Wetland (PSW) and if so, what its boundaries are; and whether the study area contained Species At Risk (SAR).
Mr. Huizer’s evaluation was reviewed by Albert Dugal (botanist), Clarke Topp (soil physicist) and Cheryl Doran on behalf of the Greenbelt Coalition of Canada’s Capital Region. Their comments form the basis of this Review.
The full 63 page report is available here (2.6M pdf).
Greenbelt Coalition’s Response to City of Ottawa White paper “Development in the Greenbelt”
It is our assessment that the White Paper (WP) is seriously flawed because:
- It Is in conflict with the NCC’s planned consultations on a review of the 1996 Master Plan for the Greenbelt;
- It ventures into the NCC’s mandate unilaterally and without obvious justification;
- Even if the Greenbelt were the City’s business, the WP appears based on dubious development scenarios that ignore the Provincial Policy Statement and also overlook the City’s own core environmental and transportation goals detailed in key municipal land use documents;
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